| Rank | LW | Release
| Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Change | Average | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor
| New This Week
| Estimated
|
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Pulp Fiction | $8,389,221 | -9.9% | 1,489 | +151 | $5,634 | $21,670,188 | 2 | Miramax | false | false |
| 2 | 2 | The Specialist | $6,147,979 | -31.5% | 2,509 | -13 | $2,450 | $37,759,249 | 3 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 3 | - | Love Affair | $5,438,758 | - | 1,585 | - | $3,431 | $5,438,758 | 1 | Warner Bros. | true | false |
| 4 | 5 | Little Giants | $4,213,019 | -11.8% | 2,022 | - | $2,083 | $9,872,973 | 2 | Warner Bros. | false | false |
| 5 | 4 | The River Wild | $4,103,040 | -21.6% | 2,137 | -16 | $1,920 | $33,227,090 | 4 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 6 | - | The Puppet Masters | $4,069,057 | - | 1,481 | - | $2,747 | $4,069,057 | 1 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | true | false |
| 7 | 3 | New Nightmare | $3,589,975 | -46.2% | 1,873 | +23 | $1,916 | $11,592,109 | 2 | New Line Cinema | false | false |
| 8 | 7 | Forrest Gump | $2,795,175 | -14.6% | 1,873 | -197 | $1,492 | $283,580,700 | 16 | Paramount Pictures | false | false |
| 9 | 6 | Only You | $2,708,288 | -34.2% | 1,617 | +17 | $1,674 | $15,359,898 | 3 | TriStar Pictures | false | false |
| 10 | 9 | The Shawshank Redemption | $2,143,375 | -10.8% | 972 | +28 | $2,205 | $10,235,401 | 5 | Columbia Pictures | false | false |
| 11 | 10 | Quiz Show | $1,563,145 | -27.2% | 714 | -108 | $2,189 | $17,916,825 | 6 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 12 | 8 | Exit to Eden | $1,457,814 | -51.6% | 1,664 | -6 | $876 | $5,420,057 | 2 | - | false | false |
| 13 | 11 | Jason's Lyric | $1,426,285 | -30.3% | 545 | -84 | $2,617 | $16,280,396 | 4 | Gramercy Pictures (I) | false | false |
| 14 | 12 | Timecop | $1,082,840 | -38.9% | 1,012 | -470 | $1,070 | $40,674,400 | 6 | Universal Pictures | false | false |
| 15 | - | Radioland Murders | $835,570 | - | 844 | - | $990 | $835,570 | 1 | Universal Pictures | true | false |
| 16 | 13 | Ed Wood | $470,996 | -52.5% | 291 | -332 | $1,618 | $4,838,456 | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | false | false |
| 17 | - | Bullets Over Broadway | $86,072 | - | 2 | - | $43,036 | $86,072 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 18 | - | Clerks | $31,665 | - | 2 | - | $15,832 | $39,531 | 1 | Miramax | true | false |
| 19 | - | Vanya on 42nd Street | $17,636 | - | 2 | - | $8,818 | $17,636 | 1 | Sony Pictures Classics | true | false |
| 20 | - | Hell | $9,736 | - | 2 | - | $4,868 | $12,483 | 1 | - | true | false |
